Re: Powerlogix vs Sonnet

2004-04-10 Thread Mikael Byström
George, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Here are some test results, Mikael; quoting briefly from this page: http://homepage.mac.com/ techedgeezine/cart_mac_pb5.html .. using the OS X version of SpeedRun Benchmarking software on both kits, and comparing them with other tested systems that were saved in

Re: Powerlogix vs Sonnet

2004-04-08 Thread Mikael Byström
Kathe, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I agree with Bruce's view on this. I have a G3/800 iBook and a G4/800 desktop Mac. The G4 is noticeably faster then the iBook, especially after upgrading to Panther. I must add that even 800Mhz G4 iBooks seem slower in GUI than 500Mhz Powerbook G3s running OS X

Re: Powerlogix vs Sonnet

2004-04-08 Thread George Mogiljansky
Here are some test results, Mikael; quoting briefly from this page: http://homepage.mac.com/ techedgeezine/cart_mac_pb5.html .. using the OS X version of SpeedRun Benchmarking software on both kits, and comparing them with other tested systems that were saved in the log, both boards made the

Re: Powerlogix vs Sonnet

2004-04-05 Thread Robert Greenstreet
On 4/5/04 10:51 AM, Kathe Wittenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree with Bruce's view on this. I have a G3/800 iBook and a G4/800 desktop Mac. The G4 is noticeably faster then the iBook, especially after upgrading to Panther. Namaste, Kathe Wittenberg Royal Oak, MI The speed

Re: Powerlogix vs Sonnet

2004-04-05 Thread George Mogiljansky
Let your fingers do the walking (old Yellow Pages jingle) - from the site http://homepage.mac.com/ techedgeezine/cart_mac_pb5.html I quote: ..Here was the first surprise, the PowerLogix G4 design somehow allows the OS X compromised ATI RageLT Pro video card to run more efficiently on non AltiVec

Re: Powerlogix vs Sonnet

2004-04-05 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 5, 2004, at 9:43 AM, George Mogiljansky wrote: ..Here was the first surprise, the PowerLogix G4 design somehow allows the OS X compromised ATI RageLT Pro video card to run more efficiently on non AltiVec optimized applications. In repeated test runs (because we couldn't believe our eyes),

Re: Powerlogix vs Sonnet

2004-04-05 Thread Robert Greenstreet
On 4/15/04 10:28 AM, Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about the hard drive limitations on the ibook. on 4/5/04 9:17 AM, Robert Greenstreet at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/5/04 10:51 AM, Kathe Wittenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree with Bruce's view on this. I have a G3/800 iBook

Re: Powerlogix vs Sonnet

2004-04-05 Thread Dean
on 4/5/04 11:20 AM, Robert Greenstreet at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/15/04 10:28 AM, Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about the hard drive limitations on the ibook. on 4/5/04 9:17 AM, Robert Greenstreet at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/5/04 10:51 AM, Kathe Wittenberg [EMAIL

Re: Powerlogix vs Sonnet

2004-04-05 Thread Kathe Wittenberg
When I was still running Jaguar on both the G3/800 iBook and the G4/800, the difference wasn't all that noticeable. Installing Panther made it a whole 'nother story. I'd love a new G4 iBook... but can't justify the expense when the G3 serves me just fine for a portable. Kathe Royal Oak, MI On

Powerlogix vs Sonnet

2004-04-04 Thread Edward Jackson
In my understanding the only real difference between the G3 and G4 is the whole velocity engineie the latest OSX programs like Photoshop will take advantage of that but that most average applications probably won't justify the expensethen again if the expense isn't a major